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Re: [Full-disclosure] some distros for Raspberry Pi have sshd enabled and default logins.
- To: Gary Baribault <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] some distros for Raspberry Pi have sshd enabled and default logins.
- From: rancor <therancor@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 16:54:34 +0200
It's just proof of concepts and maybe Raspbian should secure it more as
it's the official distribution. All other is just toys.
I agree in general, but in this case I feel more relaxed about it
On Aug 4, 2012 4:20 PM, "Gary Baribault" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The default install shouldn't allow root access to SSHd. Should force
> password changes to default logins and have a list of allowed SSH users.
> Purchasers of PI computers aren't necessarily Linux gurus.
>
> Gary Baribault
>
> On 08/04/2012 10:12 AM, larry Cashdollar wrote:
>
> My argument is they should prompt the user to change the password, not
> provide an insecure image
> With the expectations that users will secure it themselves. It maybe
> obvious to us, but with a good deal
> Of the audience being inexperienced users it should be part of the install.
>
>
> Larry C$
>
> On Aug 4, 2012, at 8:55 AM, rancor <therancor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> No shit Sherlock!
> On Aug 4, 2012 3:38 AM, "larry Cashdollar" <larry0@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Vapid Labs
>> Larry W. Cashdollar
>> 8/2/2012
>>
>>
>> Since a some RaspberryPi users maybe unaware of the security implications of
>> sshd I thought I should just make a note of some issues.
>>
>> RaspberryPi image Occidentalis v0.1
>>
>> >From the site:
>>
>> "Adafruit <3 Raspberry Pi - especially how easy it is to hack circuits using
>> the electronics breakout pins! But sadly, the latest official
>> distro "July 15 Raspbian Wheezy" did not have many of the delicious
>> hackables built in. That's why we decided to roll our own
>>
>> distribution.
>>
>> Our distro is based on "Wheezy" but comes with hardware SPI, I2C, one wire,
>> and WiFi support for our wifi adapters. It also has
>> some things to make overall hacking easier such sshd on startup (with key
>> generation on first boot) and Bonjour (so you can simply
>>
>> ssh raspberrypi.local from any computer on the local network)"
>>
>> Enables ssh by default but doesn't prompt user to change root & pi account
>> passwords.
>> http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-raspberry-pi-educational-linux-distro/occidentalis-v0-dot-1
>>
>> Arch Linux ARM
>>
>> "Arch Linux ARM is based on Arch Linux, which aims for simplicity and full
>> control to the end user. Note that this distribution may not
>> be suitable for beginners."
>>
>> Default login of root/root with sshd enabled, doesn't prompt to change
>> password.
>> http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/archlinuxarm/archlinuxarm-13-06-2012/archlinuxarm-13-06-2012.zip
>>
>> If your going to enabled sshd by default please prompt the user to change
>> the default password upon first boot. If your going to connect
>> these PIs to a network be sure to use secure passwords.
>>
>> http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/raspberrypi_image_security.txt
>>
>>
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